Legal Opinion

Burkholder v. Ludlam

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 15, 1878PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Ludlam, Heineken & Co., and Taliaferro & Musgrove, judgment creditors of William Crumpton, filed their bill in the circuit court of the city of Lynchburg to subject certain real estate to the payment of their judgments against said Crumpton.

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Ludlam, Heineken & Co., and Taliaferro & Musgrove, judgment creditors of William Crumpton, filed their bill in the circuit court of the city of Lynchburg to subject certain real estate to the payment of their judgments against said Crumpton. The first judgment was obtained November 17th, 1866, and docketed in the hustings court of Lynch-burg January 7th, 1877, and the second was obtained and docketed in said hustings court October 15th, 1866. A part of the real estate, which is the subject of controversy, was conveyed by William Crumpton to John W. Carroll, trustee, for the benefit of Mary F.…

1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.

The counsel for the judgment creditors of William Crumpton (appellees), in their brief, complain of alleged errors in the decree of the 16th November, 1871. It is a sufficient answer to say that the appeal allowed in this case does not bring that decree under review. It adjudicates matters wholly between the creditors and defendants other than the appellants. The only decree affecting the interests of the appellants is the decree of the 13th November, 1872, which is the decree appealed from, and the only one to be now examined. For the rule in such cases, see Walker’s ex’or & als. v. Page &…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Wright v. PucketSupreme Court of Virginia · 1872
  2. Darlington v. M'CooleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1829
  3. Cox v. CoxSupreme Court of Virginia · 1875

3Cited by23 opinions

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